# 1988 Green Bay Packers season

The 1988 Green Bay Packers season was their 70th season overall and their 68th in the National Football League (NFL). Under coach Lindy Infante, the team finished with their second 4–12 in three seasons, and finishing last place in the NFC Central division. 1988 was the first season the Packers played under Infante.

## Offseason
### NFL draft

1988 Green Bay Packers draft :
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 7 | Sterling Sharpe * $^†$ | Wide receiver | South Carolina |
| 2 | 34 | Shawn Patterson | Defensive end | Arizona State |
| 3 | 61 | Keith Woodside | Running back | Texas A&M |
| 4 | 88 | Rollin Putzier | Defensive tackle | Oregon |
| 4 | 89 | Chuck Cecil * | Safety | Arizona |
| 5 | 116 | Darrell Reed | Linebacker | Oklahoma |
| 6 | 144 | Nate Hill | Defensive end | Auburn |
| 7 | 173 | Gary Richard | Cornerback | Pittsburgh |
| 8 | 200 | Patrick Collins | Running back | Oklahoma |
| 9 | 228 | Neal Wilkinson | Tight end | James Madison |
| 10 | 256 | Bud Keyes | Quarterback | Wisconsin |
| 12 | 312 | Scott Bolton | Wide receiver | Auburn |
| Made roster † Pro Football Hall of Fame * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career ||||||

### Undrafted free agents

1988 Undrafted Free Agents of note :
| Player | Position | College |
| Stephone Avery | Cornerback | Northeast Louisiana |
| Erik Campbell | Defensive back | Michigan |
| Dewey Dorough | Wide receiver | Colorado State |
| Thomas Flesher | Defensive end | Weber State |
| Wes Gross | Offensive line | Utah State |
| Todd Gregoire | Kicker | Wisconsin |
| Thomas Harper | Linebacker | Houston |
| Frank Harris | Tight end | Northern Michigan |
| John Kidder | Guard | UCLA |
| Jeff McComb | Punter | Southern Utah |
| John Nairn | Defensive back | Colorado |
| Eddie Parker | Defensive back | Temple |
| John Phillips | Offensive line | Clemson |
| Paul Pomfret | Tight end | Penn State |
| Pat Shurmur | Center | Michigan State |
| Matt Soraghan | Linebacker | Southwest Missouri State |
| Pat Taylor | Linebacker | Arizona State |
| Tom Whelihan | Kicker | Missouri |
| Phil Zelinski | Linebacker | Central Michigan |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | September 4 | Los Angeles Rams | L 7–34 | 0–1 | Lambeau Field | 53,769 |
| 2 | September 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 10–13 | 0–2 | Lambeau Field | 52,584 |
| 3 | September 18 | at Miami Dolphins | L 17–24 | 0–3 | Joe Robbie Stadium | 54,409 |
| 4 | September 25 | Chicago Bears | L 6–24 | 0–4 | Lambeau Field | 56,492 |
| 5 | October 2 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | L 24–27 | 0–5 | Tampa Stadium | 40,003 |
| 6 | October 9 | New England Patriots | W 45–3 | 1–5 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 51,932 |
| 7 | October 16 | at Minnesota Vikings | W 34–14 | 2–5 | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome | 59,053 |
| 8 | October 23 | Washington Redskins | L 17–20 | 2–6 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 51,767 |
| 9 | October 30 | at Buffalo Bills | L 0–28 | 2–7 | Rich Stadium | 79,176 |
| 10 | November 6 | at Atlanta Falcons | L 0–20 | 2–8 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 29,952 |
| 11 | November 13 | Indianapolis Colts | L 13–20 | 2–9 | Lambeau Field | 53,492 |
| 12 | November 20 | Detroit Lions | L 9–19 | 2–10 | Milwaukee County Stadium | 44,327 |
| 13 | November 27 | at Chicago Bears | L 0–16 | 2–11 | Soldier Field | 62,026 |
| 14 | December 4 | at Detroit Lions | L 14–30 | 2–12 | Pontiac Silverdome | 28,124 |
| 15 | December 11 | Minnesota Vikings | W 18–6 | 3–12 | Lambeau Field | 48,892 |
| 16 | December 18 | at Phoenix Cardinals | W 26–17 | 4–12 | Sun Devil Stadium | 44,586 |
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

### Game summaries
#### Week 1: vs. Los Angeles Rams

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 34 |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 4
* Game time: 12:00 PM CDT/1:00 PM EDT
* Referee: Dick Hantak
* TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Terry Bradshaw

#### Week 2: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Packers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 11
* Game time: 12:00 PM CDT
* Referee: Jerry Seeman
* TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts

#### Week 3: at Miami Dolphins

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Dolphins | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida
* Date: September 18
* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT/12:00 PM CDT
* Referee: Gordon McCarter
* TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Will McDonough

#### Week 4: vs. Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Packers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: September 25
* Game time: 12:00 PM
* Referee: Tom Dooley
* TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts

#### Week 5: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
at Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
* Date: October 2
* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
* Referee: Fred Wyant
* TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler

#### Week 7: at Minnesota Vikings

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 |
| Vikings | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
* Date: October 16
* Referee: Ben Dreith
* TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik

#### Week 8: vs. Washington Redskins

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redskins | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Packers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Date: October 23
* Referee: Red Cashion
* TV announcers (CBS): Dick Stockton and Dan Fouts

#### Week 9: at Buffalo Bills

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bills | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York
* Date: October 30
* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
* Referee: Gene Barth
* TV announcers (CBS): Greg Gumbel and Ken Stabler

#### Week 10: at Atlanta Falcons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Falcons | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium
* Date: November 6
* Game time: 1:00 PM ET
* Referee: Fred Wyant
* TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik

#### Week 12: vs. Detroit Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lions | 3 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 19 |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
at Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* Date: November 20
* Game time: 1:00 PM EDT
* Referee: Fred Silva
* TV announcers (CBS): James Brown and Gary Fencik

#### Week 13: at Chicago Bears

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bears' | 7 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
at Soldier Field, Chicago
* Date: November 27
* Game time: 12:00 PM CDT
* Referee: Pat Haggerty
* TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall and John Madden

#### Week 14: at Detroit Lions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Lions | 10 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
at Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan
* Date: December 4
* Game time: 1:00 ETD
* Referee: Red Cashion
* TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Gary Fencik

#### Week 15: vs. Minnesota Vikings

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Packers | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 |
at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin
* Date: December 11
* Referee: Bob McElwee
* TV announcers (CBS): Steve Zabriskie and Ken Stabler

#### Week 16: at Phoenix Cardinals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Packers | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| Cardinals | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Sun Devil Stadium, Phoenix, Arizona
* Date: December 18
* Game time: 2:00 PM
* Referee: Jerry Markbreit
* TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan and Dan Jiggetts

### Standings

NFC Central :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| Chicago Bears$^{(1)}$ | 12 | 4 | 0 | .750 | 6–2 | 9–3 | 312 | 215 | L1 |
| Minnesota Vikings$^{(4)}$ | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 6–2 | 9–3 | 406 | 233 | W1 |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5 | 11 | 0 | .313 | 4–4 | 4–8 | 261 | 350 | W1 |
| Detroit Lions | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 2–6 | 3–11 | 220 | 315 | L2 |
| Green Bay Packers | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 2–6 | 3–9 | 240 | 313 | W2 |